2001 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #22
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BONDS,Barry | CRH AL | .438 | 1.563 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MUSSINA,Mike | HWE AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 14.2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BIGGIO,Craig | DMH NL | .370 | .852 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| JOHNSON,Randy | FNA NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corktown Bootleggers @ Dondero Oaks |
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| Series Preview: | Corktown heads to Dondero for a 6 game set. |
| Game #1: | Corktown 14 Dondero 1W: P. Abbott (8-10) L: P. Wilson (6-13) |
| Game #2: | Dondero 4 Corktown 3W: G. Carrara (6-1) L: T. Percival (3-1) S: M. Rivera (22) |
| Game #3: | Corktown 16 Dondero 0W: M. Batista (12-5) L: P. Astacio (6-8) |
| Game #4: | Corktown 12 Dondero 4 (12 innings)W: J. Moreno (4-2) L: C. Brock (0-1) |
| Game #5: | Dondero 7 Corktown 5W: G. Carrara (7-1) L: T. Percival (3-2) |
| Game #6: | Dondero 4 Corktown 3W: P. Wilson (7-13) L: P. Abbott (8-11) S: M. Rivera (23) |
| Game #7: | One of the weirdest split series I can think of. Corktown was absolutely dominant in 2 games and destroyed Dondero in the 12th of their 3rd win. Somehow Dondero squeezed out 3 close games even though they were outscored by 23 in the series. |
DeWitt Tigers @ Castle Rock Hounds |
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| Series Preview: | Dewitt comes in at 57-66 and Castle Rock at 66-57, as the Hounds are in the thick of the wild-card race and the Tigers are on the outside looking in, but still have a good squad. |
| Game #1: | Castle Rock gets a strong start from Pineiro, 3 hits each from Polanco and Easley and a homer from Bonds to take the opener by a 7-2 score.
WP: Pineiro (6-3) |
| Game #2: | Dewitt scores first with a sac fly to send Pierre home in the 1st, but Bonds responds with a 2-run HR in the bottom half. Bonds hits another 2-run shot in the 2nd inning to give Castle Rock the 4-1 lead. And, believe it or not, Bonds hits ANOTHER 2-run homer (Snow has been the runner each time) in the bottom of the 7th. Castle Rock leads 6-2, thanks to three 2-run homers from Bonds. Bonds walks the next time he is up (smart move) and the final is 7-2, Castle Rock.
WP: Pettitte (11-8) |
| Game #3: | Another strong offensive game from the Hounds, as they hop all over Loaiza, plating 7 runs in 1+ innings. Bonds gets his fifth homer of the series and Dye adds three hits and 4 RBI for the Hounds. Carpenter does enough on the mound for Castle Rock as they take it by a final of 12-4.
WP: Carpenter (4-6) |
| Game #4: | Dewitt jumps all over Castle Rock’s ace, John Burkett, getting 9 runs off of him in the first four innings, highlighted by homers from Andruw Jones and Travis Lee. Dewitt has a 9-0 lead, but sees it dwindle to 10-6 in the 7th inning, but Castle Rock can’t do any more damage as Koch comes in to close it down. Bonds has his first homer-less game of the series and the final is 10-6, Dewitt.
WP: Ponson (4-8) |
| Game #5: | Bonds is upset about not getting a homer in the last game, so he hits his 6th of the series and 55th overall. Barry gets hit in his big old head in the bottom of the 6th and is lost to Castle Rock for the next four games. That is not good for the next series, when we host Dondero. But, in this one, the game is close, but Castle Rock holds on for a 7-5 victory. Dye gets 4 hits including a double and a HR and Bonds was 2-2 with a HBP and BB before exiting.
WP: Jesus Sanchez (3-1) |
| Game #6: | This is a tight one, but the Tigers come out on top 6-5 in the end, as they get Sweeney to hit into a double play to end the 9th inning rally. Dewitt went up 5-0 early with 5 doubles in the game (two each from Lee and Beltre) and Castle Rock missed Bonds’ bat in the lineup. Alfonseca hung on to get a two inning save.
WP: Milton (13-9) |
| Series Summary: | Castle Rock takes 4 out of 6 from the Tigers, but loses Bonds for four games after he hit 6 homers in the series. |
California Quakes @ Southlake Stealers |
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| Series Preview: | California having been mathematically eliminated is just waiting for the season to end and the lottery to begin. Southlake is still trying to figure out if they are a playoff team or not. |
| Game #1: | Will Cunnane doesnt think the playoffs are a possibility and he showed it on the mound. He goes just 1 2/3rds of an inning yielding 7 Runs on 9 hits. The big blows came from the catcher Miller (2RBIs) and second baseman Alfonzo (3RBIs).
Southlake’s bullpen was spectacular giving up only 5 hits and no runs the rest of the way giving their teammates a chance to fight back. Fight back they did indeed. Conine scored 3 times and Nunez had 2 RBIs as southlake was able to take advantage of 3 California errors. But the hole was too big to overcome Final Cal 7 Southlake 5 WP: B. Jones 2-11 |
| Game #2: | Once again California strikes first on a Bellinger Sac fly to score, who else, Alfonzo. They would extend the lead when a basesloaded walk to Bellinger would again score Alfonzo.
Southlake would continue to fight and in the 6th they would plate 4 runners to take the lead. A suicide squeeze, followed by a double from Nunez and a single by Macias would do the trick. Bellinger would have a day when he greeted Haynes with a Solo shot to lead off the 7th. Sarge would turn the game over to his bullpen where Gabe White went the final 9 outs to secure his second save of the season. In addition to yet another loss in the standings the big loss was an injury to Salmon who will miss the next 6 games. Final Southlake 5 California 3 |
| Game #3: | Finley said whatever Cunnane can do, I can do better. California would take advantage of two errors in the first to start the scoring. They would add 7 more runs in the 2nd before Finely was mercifully pulled after just 1 2/3rds. Fetters would give up two more in 2 innings, until he was ejected for throwing at Bellinger. Alfonzo was again a headache as he went 2/5 with 3 runs Ichiro would add to the offense onslaught going 3/6 with a run and 3 RBIs. He is now hitting .330 on the season.For California Dessens was incredible, going 8 innings giving up no runs on just 3 hits. He made a strong case for pitcher of the week.Final score Cali 12 Southlake 2WP: Dessens 4-5 LP: Finley 5-15 Big Boy Restaurant’s Big Boy of the Game -Dessens 8IP 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 2BB, 2 Ks. |
| Game #4: | Terry Adams says wait a minute before giving Dressens the Pitcher of the week nod. He goes a full 9 innings giving up no runs on 5 hits while striking out 7.
A Wooten single in the 1st followed by an Owens double was all the Stealers would need. But Wooten added a solo homer in the 3rd as insurance just in case. Alfonzo was hot again going 2/4. But with two runners on in the top of the 9th and only 1 out, Adams was able to get Alfonzo to hit into a game ending double play. Final Score : Stealers 2 Cali 0 |
| Game #5: | Game 5 was a pitchers duel with both starters going the distance.
California would lead off the game with a triple by Castillo but Redding would strand him there. Southlake would come back in the third with back to back jacks by Clark and Anderson. The Quakes would continue to hit Redding getting 12 in all. But he found ways to keep the scoring to a minimum by striking out 15 batters. Besides the two bombs Wolf was incredible on the day, scattering 6 hits, 3 BBs and 6Ks of his own as he limited Southlake to just two runs. Final Score Cali 5 Southlake 2 WP; Wolf 6-11 |
| Game #6: | Southlake looking for the split and Cunnane looking for redemption. Redemption was found. He would go 9 innings scattering 7 hits while striking out 7 Quakes in getting his first win of the year. The third complete game in a row for the Stealers.
The Stealers would use the long ball to score today. Zeile had a three run shot early in the game. Clark would add a solo shot later on. It was his 4th of the year and 3rd in the series. Wooten would follow up later with his 8th of the year. Final Score Stealers 5 Quake 2 |
| Series Summary: | A series split. A strong series for Alfonzo and Bellinger of the Quakes. Starting pitching for the Stealers was on fire, saving a taxed bullpen. |
Danbury Mad Hatters @ Winnipeg Goldeyes |
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| Series Preview: | Battle of bad teams. |
| Series Summary: | Danbury wins 4 of the 6 over Winnipeg. Biggio had an amazing game 5 for 6 with 2 doubles and a homer with 7 rbis! Biggio player of the week Danbury biggio 11 for 25 with 12 rbis! |
Blarney Drive Bandits @ Hampton Huskies |
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| Series Preview: | Huskies v Bandits for 6 games. |
| Game #1: | Both teams smack around each others SP, neither making at past 5 innings. Hermanson fell victim to long balls and left in the 4th. All knotted up at 5 after regulation it would be Hampton’s Eaton who blinks first in the 12th allowing a GW HR to of all people Mike Bordick! Gutierrez 3-5 2 RBI double and HR led the Huskies’ offense.
HAM 5 BDB 6 W: Groom (2-3) |
| Game #2: | 0-0 after 3 the Bandits’ plate 3 in the 4th and would add 1 more in the 4th. The visitors finally respond in the 7th with a 3-spot but Weathers and Howry hold on in the 8th and 9th. Lugo 3-5 and Matthews 2-4 for Hamtpon. Blarney hits three dingers on the day to help newly acquired Leiter win in his Blarney debut.
HAM 3 BDB 4 W: Leiter (14-5) |
| Game #3: | Hampton scores early and often off Prokopec and led 6-0 after two innings. Blarney would add 2 each in the 6th and 7th to make it interesting but couldn’t make up the early gap. Lee 2-5 2 RBI w/ HR and Hillenbrand 2-4 3 RBI w/ double and HR paced the Huskies.
HAM 6 BDB 4 W: Dreifort (3-16) |
| Game #4: | Freddy Garcia spins a nice 5 hit CG allowing just 2 runs. Lee 3-4 w/ 2 RBI and Hatteburg 2-4 2/ 2 RBI led the 12 hit Huskie attack.
HAM 7 BDB 2 W: Garcia (11-8) |
| Game #5: | Barry Zito one-ups Garcia with a 3 hit 12 K CG shutout. Hampton bats stay hot with 14 hits. All visitors as they take their third W in a row.
HAM 4 BDB 0 W: Zito (15-10) |
| Game #6: | Blarney’s turn for a good SP outing as Reitsma goes 7 full while tossing nothing but doughnuts. Weathers would lock down the last two frames. Pacquette gets the GW hit while Klesko pads his stats with a 2 run HR.
HAM 0 BDB 4 W: Reitsma (3-8) |
| Series Summary: | Series Split 3-3. |
Houghton Penguins @ Harper Woods Expos |
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| Series Summary: | Six game set with a rain out game tacked on the back end of the series. The Expos take the series 4-2 with a rain out included. |
Long Beach Titans @ Michigan Marauders |
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| Series Preview: | Two struggling teams, Long Beach and Michigan square off for 6 games. |
| Game #1: | Long Beach 8 Michigan 6
Jose Vidro has a homer and 3 RBI to lead Long Beach. He also had 3 hits. Jimenez picks up the win in relief. Franklin gets his 3rd save. |
| Game #2: | Michigan 9 Long Beach 5
Brad Penny earns his 11th win as he throws 7 innings of shutout ball. Rafael Palmeiro has 2 homers and 3 RBI. Shane Halter adds a 2 run homer. |
| Game #3: | Long Beach 8 Michigan 7
Serrano wins his 5th game. Pat Burrell with a homer and 5 RBI. B.J. Surhoff goes 4 for 4 for Michigan. |
| Game #4: | Long Beach 9 Michigan 2
Burrell and Lee each hit homers for Long Beach. Lawrence with the win and Franklin earns the save. |
| Game #5: | Long Beach 5 Michigan 3
Charles Nagy wins his first game to go with 12 losses. Nixon has 3 hits. Caminiti hits a homer. |
| Game #6: | Long Beach 5 Michigan 3
Glendon Rusch wins his 11th game. Fullmer and Houston hit homers. Burrell with 2 RBIs. |
| Series Summary: | Long Beach wins 5 of 6 from Michigan. |
Chicago Demolition @ Fort Worth Panthers |
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| Series Preview: | Two of the top AL teams square off with identical 79-44 records. |
| Series Summary: | The American League’s best offense was too much for the AL’s best pitching as Ft. Worth wins 5 of 6 at home. The Panthers hit .341 and averaged 7.5 runs a game during the series. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Hollywood Vampires |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood surprisingly sweeps Manhattan. |
Flora-Bama Mullets @ Valdosta Bombers |
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| Series Preview: | 1st Place Flora-Bama visits South Georgia to take on the Valdosta Bombers. |
| Series Summary: | Bombers are a very good hitting team but managed just 20 hits in the 6 games. Mullets take 4 of 6. Valdosta did win a pair of 1-run games. Randy Johnson is now a ridiculous 22-1 as he seems to be cruising to the Cy Young award. |
Iowa Giants @ Monroeville Maulers |
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| Series Preview: | Iowa Giants 58-65 in the AL East looking to play spoiler and the Maulers 71-52 2nd place in the AL Central keeping the heat on in a hot kitchen chasing division leader CHI Demolition and hoping to maintain or expand their lead in the wild card race. |
| Game #1: | IOW 2-7-0 vs MVM 7-10-1
The Maulers waste no time putting the hammer down plating 4 in the first and cruise to a 7-2 victory. Julian Tavarez 9IP scattering 7 hits Pokey Reese 3-4 and 2-HRs 3-RBIs. W- Julian Tavarez 11-10 Bruce Aven 2-4 2B(1) |
| Game #2: | IOW 4-6-0 vs MVM 3-6-0
The Giants bounce back with a gutsy 4-3 victory. 3-3 through 5 and the Giants plate the necessary run to take the lead and Chad Bradford hurls 2.2 in relief to secure victory. However the Giants lose Marty Cordova to injury for 12 day(s) W- Aaron Sele 8-9 IOW: Mark Grace 2-4, Phil Hiatt 2-3 HR(1) RBI 3(5) |
| Game #3: | IOW 0-6-1 vs MVM 4-9-0
The Maulers hammer out an early 4-0 and that’s all Willis Roberts needed as he goes the distance scattering 6 this. W- Willis Roberts 8-5 IOW: Jerry Offerman 2-4 |
| Game #4: | IOW 2-5-1 vs MVM 8-11-0
Back to Back CG for MVM as this time Jon Lieber scatters 5 hits and the Maulers hammer out 8 runs, Rey Sanchez back to back multi-hit games 4-5. Troy Glaus HR#38 – RBI(103) W- Jon Lieber 13-7 MVM: Einar Diaz 3-4 HR(4) RBI 2(40) |
| Game #5: | IOW 3-6-0 vs MVM 9-12-0
The Maulers once again jump out early plating 7 runs in the first 3 innings and set the stage for Jim Brower allowing only 1 hit over 6IP being pulled with a 9 run lead to save batters faced as Dan Wheeler finishes the last 3 IP keeping the Giants at bay while allowing a 3 run HR to Olmedo Saenz. Rey Snachez 3rd multi-hit game in a row 3-4 W- Jim Brower 7-5 IOW: Olmedo Saenz 1-2 HR(5) RBI 3(23) |
| Game #6: | CBL 1-10-0 vs MVM 6-11-0
The Giants battling to a 3-3 tie trying to save some face fall short as the Maulers plate 3 runs in the 6th for the victory. It was a heated contest as Einar Diaz gets ejected for disputing a ball four call in the 6th with the score still tied at 3-3. Rey Snachez 4 straight multi-hit games 3-5! Vladimir Guerrero gains RBI #100! W- Julian Tavarez 12-10 IOW: Johnny Damon 2-5 2B(24), B Aven 3-5, Jose Vizcaino 2-4, Jose Offerman 2-4 |
| Series Summary: | IOW 15-44-5 vs MVM 37-60-3
Maulers take 5-6 from the Giants. The MVM bats continue to hammer out runs with contributions from all parties in support of effective pitching. Notables: |
Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Gladstone Gladiators |
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| Game #1: | Gladstone opened with a run in the 1st, Baltimore tied it in the top of the 4th, but the Gladiators reclaimed the lead in the bottom. The 6th was the same story, with the Blue Crabs tying it in the 6th and Gladstone answering in the bottom. Then Gladstone scored 3 runs in the 7th and held the Crabs off the rest of the way. FINAL SCORE: GLA 6 – BAL 2. |
| Game #2: | Baltimore opened the scoring in the top of the 3rd, and Gladstone answered with a pair in the bottom. Then the Crabs tied it in the 4th, and the game continued 2-2 into extra innings. The Gladiators finally pushed a run across in the bottom of the 11th, giving Steve Karsay the win in relief. FINAL SCORE: GLA 3 – BAL 2. |
| Game #3: | Baltimore scored single runs in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th innings, before Gladstone claimed the lead with 4 in the 6th. The Crabs tied it in the 7th, and then reclaimed the lead with 3 in the 9th. Gladstone answered with a single run, but were unable to muster anything further. FINAL SCORE: BAL 7 – GLA 5. |
| Game #4: | The Crabs opened with a 2-run shot by Adam Dunn in the 1st. Gladstone scored 1 in the 2nd and another in the 5th to tie the score, but Baltimore scored what turned out to be the game winning run in the 6th. FINAL SCORE: BAL 3 – GLA 2. |
| Game #5: | Baltimore scored 3 in the 1st, and added on runs in the 5th and 9th, but Jason Johnson only needed 1, as he completely shut down the Gladiators, allowing only 4 hits and no walks in a complete game shutout. FINAL SCORE: BAL 5 – GLA 0. |
| Game #6: | The Blue Crabs again jumped out to a 1st-inning lead, with 3 runs. The Gladiator bats were quiet until the 4th inning, when they finally had enough and erupted for 6 runs. They tacked on another in the 6th, while Baltimore only managed one more in the 7th. FINAL SCORE: GLA 7 – BAL 4. |
| Series Summary: | The Gladiators were lucky to salvage a 3-3 split with Baltimore, as their offense was MIA far too often. |